Episode 60

Arthur Tress’ The Ramble: NYC 1969

January 24th, 2026

47 mins 1 sec

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About this Episode

Arthur Tress, “the last Confederate widow’ whose newly published photographs of gay men in Central Park’s Ramble in 1968 and 1969 are the earliest shots of outdoor cruising in a natural setting, joins Alex Krales and Harry Siegel to discuss his work in a New York City where homosexuality was still both a taboo and a crime, and much more.